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The Last Summer of La Boyita (2009)

The Last Summer of La Boyita poster
Original title
El último verano de la Boyita
Directed by
Julia Solomonoff
Genre
drama film, intersex film
Country
Argentina, France, Spain
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A girl spends a summer at her family's rural estate. She learns a boy she plays with is intersex and going through puberty.

bittersweetgentleintrospectivemelancholictenderslow-pacedquietcoming-of-agereflective

What happens

The Last Summer of La Boyita (Spanish: El último verano de la Boyita) is a 2009 Argentine drama film with LGBT+ themes, written and directed by Julia Solomonoff. It tells the story of an intersex person entering adolescence. The film received multiple awards at the Cartagena, Ceará, Kerala, Miami, and Sofia festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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